Monday, April 30, 2012

When he’s not surprising her with a sloth for her birthday, the guy’s like, writing a movie for him to co-direct and co-star with her.

Now, that’s the sign of true Hollywood love right there.

The Parenthood breakout did just that when he thought up Hit and Run, a caper road comedy that has him playing a former getaway driver (Ryan Gosling, you sure started a trend, dude) who comes out of witness protection to drive his longtime gf (Bell) to L.A. so she can make it to her dream job.

Hilarity and complications arise once his past stars to want to catch up with him, though.

See how it all shakes when Hit and Run arrives in theaters on Aug. 24.

Oh, yeah...the perfectly coiffed Grey’s Anatomy actor wasn’t happy just playing a lifesaver on TV, he recently cashed in his life-imitating-art card and rescued someone in real life.

Without getting a single hair undone, I bet!

All kidding aside, though, Dempsey did, indeed, find out how he could save a life, alright, last week when he pulled a teenager who had flipped his car in the thespian’s front yard in Malibu. The Demps reportedly ran over to the wreck, crowbar in hand, and did his heroic thing, thus raising the bar for any working actor in Hollywood to freakin’ get.

Good goin’, guy. Now, this may be a bit beneath ya, but I have a light bulb that needs changing. Would you mind?

Saturday, April 28, 2012

Now, I skipped it, but I saw the reviews – they were pretty wretched...although I understand from my 5-year-old niece that the the movie was just swell.

I just couldn’t do it. And I do share a lot of interests with my niece (I’m chucking my gun-shyness on this one to the economy, OK).

I am, however, very much looking forward to that other Snow White movie, Snow White and Huntsman, mostly because Charlize Theron (who plays the Evil Queen) is making it jiggle these days like all get-out.

And as if I couldn’t be more into the upcoming movie, now comes word that Florence + the Machine are behind “Breath of Life,” the first official single off the movie’s soundtrack.

The song was inspired by the Queen’s darkness and her eternal, yet empty qualities. It totally sounds Florence Welchensian, so that’s good. And likey that – have a listen.

Rooney Mara will not be waiting for a Girl with the Dragon Tattoo follow-up for you to see her again.

The Oscar-nominated actress, who is currently shooting Steven Soderbergh’s The Bitter Pill (f.n.a. Side Effects), is attached to star in an adaptation of Brooklyn, the Colm Toibin novel that is being written for the screen by Nick Hornby.

Mara would play a 1950s woman torn between her family in Ireland and the American man she loves. The project is not scheduled to go into production until next spring to ensure the actress will be able to work on it (her fall is already busy with the new Terrence Malick film, if memory serves).

Chloë Grace Moretz is channeling her inner Reese Witherspoon in Freeway for a new indie that pairs her up with Blake Lively for a world of no good.

Not only is Moretz’s 13-year-old runaway character getting saved by Lively’s grifter character (or is it the other way around?), she’s also getting tangled/teasing a handsome drifter played by My Week with Marilyn’s Eddie Redmayne.

The result is Hick, a 2011 Toronto Film Festival debut that will open in theaters later this year and surely will spark some controversy, for cookie cutter this story definitely ain’t (as you can see in this red-band trailer).

Friday, April 27, 2012

So Rihanna is going to be the musical guest when Eli Manning hosts Saturday Night Live a week from tomorrow, right.

Which is fine an dandy – I enjoy RiRi.

But I am not liking what I just heard from someone in the know: Rihanna is considering performing her latest (oh-so-randy) hit “Birthday Cake,” which features her ex Chris Brown (ya know...the guy who beat her up), on the show with Chris Brown.

Madonna has never been known to be one to rest on her laurels (thank goodness!), and she’s approaching her dominion of the fragrance world with as much enthusiasm and energy as she does everything else.

The second season of American Horror Story is about to get a shot of indie.

Chloë Sevigny is looking to stay in the realm of cable post-HBO’s Big Love and is in advanced talks to join the cast of the hit FX anthology series. She would play a character named Shelly the Nymphomaniac...so you know she’s gonna be all kinds of funsies.

Ryan Murphy & Co. are so into the actress they specifically wrote the part for her and made it extra-juicy – Shelly’s described as one of the mortal enemies of the new character Jessica Lange will be playing.

The couple has a daughter, Charlotte Grace, who will be 3 this September.

Mmm...now, I lapsed on my watching of The CW’s Ringer last month – because I moved, not because I had beef with the show (at all) – so I know that should the show be renewed for a second season (yes, please!), at least one of the twin sisters SMG plays (that is, Bridget) will have to hold plenty of big things in front of her.

Thursday, April 26, 2012

The cultiest of TV cult hits currently on air has scored a last-season renewal that will ensure the powers that be will be able to wrap up their stories in a satisfying way, which is appreciated by this fan (and, I know, at least a couple of Twitter friends). In the words of executive producer J.J. Abrams, the mythology-heavy show will “resolve in a way that perfectly fits [it].”

Yay!

Fringe will be back – in the fall? – with 13 concluding episodes. Here’s to hoping John Noble finally gets recognized for his stellar work on the show now that we know for sure the end is near.

No, Hollywood’s reigning It Lady won’t be playing a madame or anything of the sort when she guests on the first season finale of Hewitt’s new Lifetime show The Client List (at least I don’t think so), but White will share a few words of wisdom with J. Love’s character, who counts the former’s husband as one of her happy customers (she plays a very accommodating masseuse, y’ see).

That awesome dynamo known as Quentin Tarantino is hard at work onDjango Unchained, his follow-up to Inglourious Basterds, and here is the proof.

Jamie Foxx plays the title character in the violent, Mississippi-set spaghetti western – a freed Southern slave attempting to recover his wife (Kerry Washington, from TV’s Scandal) from a nasty plantation owner.

Joining him on the road – or more like, the other way around, actually – is a German bounty hunter played by Foxx’s fellow Oscar winner, Christoph Waltz, who needs Django’s help to settle an old score.

Btw, Leonardo DiCaprio also pops in as a deranged plantation owner who makes his toughest slaves fight to the death, gladiator-style, just for the fun of it.

Now, doesn’t this sound like good ol’ family fun? You better think so because the film is set to open this holiday season.

People has spoken, and the World’s Most Beautiful Woman – this year – is Beyoncé.

I caught the announcement on the Today show this morning, and the People person who was on talking about the magazine’s choice was going on and on about how B is so gorgeous and “off the moment.”

Now, I agree – she’s a stunning woman, and very successful and powerful and affable, which only adds to her beauty. But if being off the moment was part of the criteria, shouldn’t Adele have been chosen? It would have been great to see the British sensation be celebrated in this way, and a great message for People to send.

B is by no means a twig, and we certainly don’t see enough black women on the covers of high-profile publications (although we do see Beyoncé plenty), but Adele...now that would have been a different way to go, knowwhatImean?

Anyway, Sofia Vergara also made the coveted list, as did my crush de la saison, Charlize Theron. Ditto Paula Patton and Kate Middleton. I presume some men made the list, but magazine only has the women featured on its site as of my first perusal (I fully expect to see Michael Fassbender up in there, btw).

Hugh Jackman has conquered the big screen, Broadway, the world. He has hosted the Tonys and the Oscars. And now, he’s going to draw attention to some shorts.

Short films, that is.

Oh yes, he will: The Awesome Aussie is going to play host with the most once again when he lends his considerably charming star power to Tropfest New York, the 20th anniversary of the world’s largest short-film festival.

“I’m proud to be part of the festival as it expands its reach to the U.S. and brings its competition to New York,” Jackman said. “New York is a perfect host for a festival that empowers creative minds to try their hand at filmmaking.”

The actor’s fee event is set for June 23 in Manhattan’s Bryant Park. Finalists will be screened and judged and a winner will be announced, capping a three-day celebration of film.

Are you thinking what I’m thinking?

Road trip! Especially because Jackman also will be showing a short – he appears as a version of himself in a 7-minute short titled Uncle Jonny.

Monday, April 23, 2012

OMG, our and her patience has paid off because it’s finally happening: Lindsay Lohan is getting ready to work again.

L2 will reclaim her role as an actual actress now she’s officially set to star as the late, great Elizabeth Taylor in Lifetime’s Liz & Dick, a chronicle of one of Hollywood’s greatest love affairs penned by Christopher Monger, the same talent who wrote HBO’s Temple Grandin.

The movie is scheduled to begin production in June. Fingers crossed Lohan can stay out of trouble until and beyond that point.

Speaking of, said Linds of scoring the part, “I have always admired and had enormous respect for Elizabeth Taylor. She was not only an incredible actress but an amazing woman as well. I am very honored to have been asked to play this role.”

Hope La Lohan can make us proud and show us she’s worthy of my calling her that.

Mark Wahlberg – who is sohaving a moment right now – is in talks to replace the Awesome Aussie as the lead in Avon Man, a comedy about a man who turns to selling the famous products door to door after he loses his job at a car dealership.

Jackman, who had to step away from the project due to a conflict with his shooting schedule (he will finally begin work on The Wolverine this summer), will remain on board as a producer.

I still think they ought to shoot this in Miami. I will be glad to open my door for Wahlberg.